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## Paripāpti-Adhikāra 12. 381
**1080**
Vāruṇīvara, Kṣīravara, Ghṛtavara, and Lavaṇa are the four oceans, each having a distinct taste according to their names. Kāla, Puṣkara, Svayaṃbhūrmaṇa, and Udakarasā are the four oceans, all having the taste of water.
**Meaning:** The Vāruṇīvara, Kṣīravara, Ghṛtavara, and Lavaṇa oceans are distinct in taste, each named after its characteristic taste. The Kāla, Puṣkara, Svayaṃbhūrmaṇa, and Udakarasā oceans all have the taste of water.
**1081**
In the Lavaṇa, Kāla, and Svayaṃbhūrmaṇa oceans, there are fish. In the remaining oceans, there are neither fish nor crocodiles.
**Meaning:** The Lavaṇa, Kāla, and Svayaṃbhūrmaṇa oceans are home to aquatic creatures like fish, while the other oceans lack any such life.
**1082**
In the Lavaṇa ocean, there are eighteen yojanas of fish, and nine yojanas at the mouths of rivers. In the Kāla ocean, there are thirty-six yojanas of fish, and eighteen yojanas at the mouths of rivers.
**Meaning:** The Lavaṇa ocean has eighteen yojanas of fish, while the mouths of rivers entering it have nine yojanas of fish. The Kāla ocean has thirty-six yojanas of fish, and eighteen yojanas at the mouths of rivers.
**1083**
In the Svayaṃbhūrmaṇa ocean, there are one thousand yojanas of fish, and five hundred yojanas in the Puṣkara ocean.